On June 14th, 1949, a U.S. V-2 sounding rocket sent the monkey, named Albert II, into space to make him the first mammal in space. Flying from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, his flight was organized after the preflight death of Albert I before a 39 mile high flight aboard a V-2 rocket on June 11th, 1948. Albert II died upon landing after a parachute failure caused his capsule to strike the ground at high speed. Albert's respiratory and cardiological data were recorded up to the moment of impact.
